Associate Director - Life Sciences Advisory - Commercial
About the role
Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice is an engine of innovation, helping pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic companies develop custom solutions that tackle today’s challenges, while anticipating tomorrow’s.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects from cultivation to completion
- Lead the activities of the designated project team and support the day-to-day management of the client relationship
- Develop and manage work plans, staffing, deadlines and budgets
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Lead team meetings and guide, manage, and coach staff consultants
- Collaborate with Directors and Managing Directors, keeping them abreast of project progress and important developments
- Participate in sales initiatives and practice development
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare, Business or related field, advanced degree/PhD preferred
- Minimum 6+ years of relevant consulting or work experience working with large global pharma, mid-sized pharma and/or biotech clients
- Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch
- Experience in advising brand leaders, business unit leaders, and supporting insights & analytics leaders in pharma companies to support portfolio strategy, commercialization strategy and launch preparation efforts
- Experience with market sizing, HCP segmentation, patient journey, forecasting, brand strategy, commercial model design, sales force sizing, marketing mix and budget planning
- Experience with key Pharma datasets – for example, CMS, EvaluatePharma, IQVIA/Symphony/Komodo claims, affiliations, Veeva activity data
- Ability to work independently but with oversight from management
- Experience in managing components of projects, ownership of workstreams and/or analytics and supervising, coaching or mentoring others in daily tasks is required
- Excellent communication skills to convey strategic recommendations to various stakeholders, including senior management
- Strong analytical skills (Excel, Access, etc.) and leverage analytic techniques to use data to guide client and team decision-making
- Experience leading project engagements which includes planning, scoping, budget development, management and resource allocation, and managing multiple or more complex projects within scope, timeline and budget
- 3+ years of formal management of team performance to achieve project goals and exceed client expectations
- Willingness and ability to travel to client sites across the US, up to 30% of the time
- Demonstrated success formally supervising, coaching and mentoring junior level staff including ownership and guidance of their career development
Qualifications
- Authorized/eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship
Skills
- Project management
- Client management
- Team leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Communication
- Analytics
Benefits
The annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00-$225,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00-$225,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Schedule
Travel is project dependent but averages 30 percent.
What would be nice to have
- Track record of managing a team’s performance to achieve project goals and exceed client expectations
- Collaborative and a team player
- Experience working and collaborating with senior leadership to pursue add-on and cross business opportunities at external clients